There are a plethora of websites designed to be little more than photographic "like farms". Here at Physical Grain we've taken the opposite path: we feature only one image and the story behind it per week. We want to give you a chance to interact with the photographer and dig into the story of their image. Below, you will find the latest work from our featured film photographers over the past six months. Much more can be found in our archives. Images and words contributed by people with a story to tell; people just like you from every corner of the globe.

Photographer: Joel Pilotte - For the last 10+ years, I have taken images predominantly using digital cameras. I documented musicians lives on tour and on stage for many years. I eventually decided the road was no longer the place for me and I got a job closer to home.

Photographer: Kabir Chauhan - I've seen many pictures of the Basilica at Sacré-Cœur and it is certainly one of the most photographed structures in Paris, if not the world. What is less observed is the stony tower to the north housing one the heaviest bells on the earth.

Photographer: Krzysztof Jeziorny - The image is an effect of my failure to understand how the film back of my newly purchased Bronica EC works - I couldn't care less about reading the manual and I've set it to a wrong modus, where the film didn't advance, just allowing the shutter to fire.

Photographer: Andrew Welch - I tagged along on a photo walk that occurred last fall in Greenwood, a small, delta town about two hours north of Jackson. I, along with several others, explored for a few hours, observing and learning about this town in every way we could.

Photographer: Peter Barker - I lived in France in the 1970s. The French way of life was a bit of a revelation to me, coming, as I did, from the coalpits and factories of northern England. The French were quite formal people, I found, in dress, culture and language. Relaxation too was formal: around a table, at a sporting event, even in conversation.

Photographer: Warren Haas - I shot this while riding the streetcar through downtown Toronto on my way to work. I always try to have a "proper" camera on me, whether film or digital, besides what I've got on my phone. The reason I do that is specifically for moments like this: complete random chance of capturing a moment never to be repeated.

Photographer: Jef Price - It was fall 2010, Andrew Tonn and I hadn't known each other very long, but photo walks around the downtown had become a regular thing. We ended the day and ducked into a dive bar set up in this lone shotgun house.

Photographer: James Watts - Thinking I had the rainy weather on my side I drove to Pfeiffer Beach in search of un-trampled sand. Upon arriving I realized I had vastly underestimated the resilience of my fellow tourists.

Photographer: Steve Cook - Photos, for myself at least, are primarily a way to document the important things in my life. I have a great appreciation for people whom have the talent (and patience) to make a beautiful landscape, but this isn’t for me. I shoot documentary style personal photos of myself, family and friends.

Photographer: Jeb Inge - Earlier this year I visited Berlin with a few rolls of Kodak Vericolor that had expired in 1990. Since the East German government also expired in that year, I hoped to photograph some landmarks of their regime using the film. I was fortunate to be granted access to Hohenschonhausen, the main detention center for political prisoners...

Photographer: Wyman Pattee - An interior shot lit by two small, dusty and cobweb-covered windows. I used my handheld Sekonic meter near the window shown in the photo and set my tripod with the legs barely extended at the far wall.

Photographer: Nick Kos - I got the call from my wife in Texas, saying she needed me, on a Monday. Wednesday morning, I was flying out to be with her, leaving our kids and dog with some good friends here in England, packing a suit for a funeral, some other clothes for an unseasonably warm Texan autumn, and my Konica C35 AF2, loaded with Kodak Portra 160.

Photographer: Paul Benjamin - This was one of the first photos I ever took on film, from about 6 years ago. It still stands as one of my favourites even after the thousands of photos I've taken since then, and the amount I've learned about photography in that time.

Photographer: Jeremy H. Greenberg - One day out shooing some film with a friend, we came across this scene. It's a popular place to make photos since there is this urban mural on the wall that looks like the typical old-school row homes in old Hong Kong. I actually made about 5-6 images of this scene put this one worked the best since all of the people were positioned well with minimal overlap.

Photographer: Justin Nalepa - My route to work takes me along Toronto's waterfront, an area that is usually overlooked as a point of interest in the city. It's a lot quieter and more removed from the hustle of the downtown streets just a few blocks away.

Photographer: David O'Neill - It was the start of summer, and I needed a new job. I found a small craigslist ad for a bartending position on the Toronto Islands, having not been to the island since I was a little kid, I decided to check it out. Taking advantage of the free boat ride over for the interview, I brought with me my bike and my recently purchased Olympus Trip and decided to explore a bit of my surroundings.

Photographer: Martin Madeanu - For many years, Paris was always a place I had wanted to visit and explore, the charm, character and diversity of life in such a bustling city was unlike any other city in Europe. Whilst visiting the United Kingdom, I finally had the opportunity to go on a 3 day excursion, and explore at my leisure. What I discovered did not disappoint me in the slightest.

Photographer: James Tocchio - Since I was a kid, I've been working. From age fourteen to nineteen I was a mason's laborer, carrying bricks and mortar up forty-foot ladders to build chimneys, digging footings. From nineteen to twenty-three I stacked paper in a newspaper plant. From twenty-four to twenty-nine I worked in what was essentially a chemical plant - reeking of burnt oil.

Photographer: Darren Kelland - The light was fading fast but I was determined to get a photograph of this iconic location. My initial light reading suggested an exposure time of about 8 minutes factoring in reciprocity failure. I took another reading about half way through the exposure and it suggested an exposure time of around 20 minutes…

Photographer: Sarah Kivell - When visiting a new city, one of our favourite things to do for breakfast is to find a place that's been around for years. One of those spots where the same faces show up everything morning and everyone knows each other's name, where the coffee is good but not great, the decor is a mishmash of old and new and where history is just as important as the future. Places like these feel nostalgic and familiar in a way I cannot describe.

Photographer: Phil Stefans - I had always wondered if when the chips were down and I really had to make sure I nailed a photo that would mean a lot to me, would I choose film or digital? I was faced with this choice a few years ago. My grandmother, 97 years young, was dying and we knew that she would only be with us for a few more hours.

Photographer: Eric Hartke - My passion for photography started at a very young age. It all started when relatives sent me over an Agfamatic 126 camera from Germany. I remember my first experience felt magical. Waiting a whole week to see my pictures felt like an eternity. I started by taking snapshots of things that I like such as the neighbour’s dogs. Soon I started taking the camera on school field trips and using it to document my experiences.

Photographer: Mike Moehl - I’ve always loved the blues, especially when strong emotions are expressed through the harmonica. I even picked one up and tried to teach myself to play, however, I don’t possess the talent for music. Street festivals populate many summer weekends in Ferndale, our favorite little suburb of Detroit, and in late September 2015 I had just picked up a lovely Olympus OM-1 to help…

Photographer: Andreas Zieroth - During a guided city tour in spring 2017 through the Berlin district Neukölln with special topic "new Neukölln fashion makers" we visited beneath all its fancy handcraft clothing shops also that nice workshop of a hatmaker.

Photographer: Farihah Shah - This photograph is taken from the series, Life Along the Demerara – Victoria Village, Guyana and is a perfect portrait of this small South American village where my family is from. It encapsulates its old-world charm and is a glimpse of village life which contrasts the fast-paced hustle and bustle of the country’s capital and commonly known city, Georgetown.